"Pollington" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Pollingtons [plural]
Etymology: From an unclear first element, perhaps related to Scots poffle (“piece of land”), + -ing + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|poffle||piece of land}} Scots poffle (“piece of land”), {{der|en|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|~|s}} Pollington (countable and uncountable, plural Pollingtons)
  1. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Places in England, Places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
    Sense id: en-Pollington-en-name-qQnCgV7Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Pollington-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

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